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15 May 2016

Meat and Bones – Foundations

Greetings Dear Reader,

There is an essential element to following Christ. One of the things we do is fail to get the
basics right. Those foundations, if
properly built will assure that what is put on them is enduring.

The essential foundations for following Christ are faith
follow by obedience to Christ’s commands.
They are so simple. We are the
ones who muck it up with extra baggage.
We are the ones who add to the very basics of the Gospel.

Jesus asks us to accept him by faith. We demand proof. He asks us to follow in faith. He asks us believe. He did many things to show his original followers
his power and authority. He also points
out it is more beneficial for us if we have faith.

It is in that faith that we are to obey his commands. They are very simple. We are to love God and love each other. Everything that follows is to be built on
these foundations. The implications of
that are vast.

If I embrace faith and only do, out of that faith, things
that are acts of love toward God and others then it changes much. Those motivations can strip away selfishness
and greed. They diminish the need for
power and control. This can be the meat
that sustains us on the journey.

If we honestly look at all the trappings that we have built
around “Christianity” it can become
clear that we much more bone than meat. It
can be easy to see that we do not embrace this simple foundation enough.

I must build only on this foundation. Anything else will not stand. I must follow in faith by loving the Father
and all those he has created. On all of
this rests the law and the prophets.

Wishing you joy in the journey,

Aramis Thorn

Mat 13:52 So Jesus said to them, "That is why every writer
who has become a disciple of Christ’s rule of the universe is like a home
owner. He liberally hands out new and old things from his great treasure
store.”